C

Wahoo!! The C is finally filled in!

Well I remember when Klay first left and I bought that countdown and I thought, oh my goodness I have so many days to wait! ha but then I thought okay just take it one letter at a time and it will be okay, and one is finally done! only 12 left! :) I took these pictures the other day, today he only has 675 days left :) For some reason every Monday my email decides to stop working correctly and it is very inconvenient... Klay always wants to chat back and forth but then my email sends it to me way late. like he was emailing at like 10 today and I just barely got one of his emails...it's frustrating but oh well, at least I get to email him right? :) he said he hadn't gotten anything in the mail for like over a month :( I feel bad. I have sent him like 6 letters that he hasn't received yet. I guess they just bring them mail occasionally in a big package so he will probably get them all at the same time, that will be an exciting day I guess! haha I am bummed out that I don't get to send him any packages... it is just too much money :( but I see all this stuff on pinterest and on other blogs that I want to send him and I can't! it is really frustrating. I sure do miss him though! I can't wait to see his smiling face again :) I have been working on my quilt a lot lately, it has mostly just been a lot of cutting but I finally get to start sewing! we layed it all out today and i'm so excited it looks cute! :) it will be a bit smaller with all the seams but it is still going to be pretty big.

 quilt all layed out!

I'll see you again

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=vTnWFT3DvVA&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DvTnWFT3DvV
  This video is Carrie Underwood's song "I'll see you again". When I first started watching it, it made me think of Klay and how I will get to see him again in 2 years and it will be an amazing day to finally get to see him!!! But after I watched the whole video it made me realize that the song was about death and losing a loved one, and what comfort that is that we can see them again one day, death isn't the end :)

Life is Precious

I am truly blessed. I got in a car wreck with my brother and my cousin Dillon today coming home from my first day of the singles ward. We were driving home and we had the top down, and all of the sudden some papers started flying out, so we were trying to catch the papers and stop the other ones from flying out. They distracted Cole, who was driving, and when he looked up we were at a sharp curve in the road. So he turned sharply and then turned again so we wouldn't run off the road and we over corrected and slid into a fence. It was probably the scariest thing of my life. I truly saw my life flash before my eyes. And when we came to a stop the first thing my brother did was turn around and say, "Lacey, are you ok?" It means a lot to me to have such an amazing brother that cares so much about me. None of us got hurt, which is a true miracle because none of us were wearing our seatbelts. We were just a little shaken up at the whole situation. But I know the Lord was watching over and protecting us. He must need us to stay here longer for some reason.

I also got to go over to my other family, the Kelsey's, house today. It was really good for me to see them. They are going through a very hard time. They are such a wonderful family and I am happy to say that I love each and every one of them. Through the death of their brother/son and through my accident today I have realized how precious life really is. Something terrible can happen in the blink of an eye. I hope that we can all cherish every moment that we have in this short life.

the wreck

the fence we ran into

while they were towing it out

Salta, Argentina

This week has been filled with ups and downs. I decided that I need to start making food so that I don't die of hunger when I go to college, so I made some pasta one night, it was delicious!! ha my mom might have helped a little... That same day I went to the store and bought some stickers to put on Klay's letters! My favorite ones are the ones that say " I <3 my missionary" :) I also bought some colorful letters, cause I think the white ones are boring :) I sent him 3 letters this week! One was full of pictures, because he asked for more pictures. He took a little book of pictures that Kiersten made for him before he left, but that is all the pictures he took I think. I also sent him a pouch letter, so hopefully that gets to him soon!! I also got 2 letters in one day!! I was so happy :) He writes really good letters, so that makes me happy :) I like to go back and re read all of them. He also emailed me on Monday and told me that he was leaving for Salta on Tuesday! I don't know exactly how he got there, but he did! :) I am starting a quilt today, I bought material for it yesterday. Hopefully it turns out cute, it is called a herringbone quilt, I found it on pinterest :)

Klay's brother Kyler passed away Wednesday night. Yesterday was really hard to take it all in. I only met him once, but I know Klay and his family really love him. I am praying for the Kelsey family and I know they will get to see him again one day. He will be missed.

“When sore trials come upon us, it’s time to deepen our faith in God, to work hard, and to serve others. Then He will heal our broken hearts. He will bestow upon us personal peace and comfort. Those great gifts will not be destroyed, even by death.”

 —Russell M. Nelson

He made it to Salta safely! :)

look at this beautiful place where he gets to serve!

the quilt I am starting

stickers I bought for klays letters

I made food!